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Travellers to this remote South Atlantic island are rewarded with rugged hiking trails, underwater adventures and the chance ...

Each hashtag challenge will be announced the first week of each month on the Nat Geo Your Shot Instagram account feed and ...

The victory of the Roman emperor Trajan over the Dacians in back-to-back wars is carved in numerous scenes that spiral around ...

Formerly a traffic policeman in Riyadh, but native to Soudah, Ahmed fell into environmental conservation by chance. Raised in a family with livestock herds, he had learned to take care of goats since ...

In 1925, grad student Cecilia Payne first proposed that stars were mostly made of hydrogen and helium and shaped our ...

The famous "Gateway to America" opened more than 130 years ago on New Year's Day. What was it like for the more than 12 ...

From the island named European Region of Gastronomy to the US state celebrating new food trails, here’s where to take a ...

This story appears in the August 2011 issue of National Geographic magazine. On a drizzly autumn morning on the coast of British Columbia, a shadowy figure lumbers down to shore. A black bear has ...

From a donut that protects against witches to a pastry that will tell your fortune, cultures around the world often start the ...

Barren yet beautiful, the moonscapes of Mongolia’s Gobi Desert are an alluring world of steppes, boreal forest, sand and rock ...

Coaches, pro racers, and everyday joggers offer their advice for conquering miles in rain, sleet, and snow anywhere.